Word: medalling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...freestyle could be the strongest race for Harvard. Fred Mitchell, seeded first, and Rich Baughman, third, are definite medal threats. Mitchell, however, will have to drop at least two seconds to win the race, and Baughman, who has been the Crimson's standout in recent weeks, could surprise everyone by taking...
...performance of Wojciech Fortuna, a 19-year-old Pole who leaped out of nowhere to win the 90-meter ski jump. The young U.S. hockey team, sparked by the acrobatic saves of Goalie Mike Curran. upset the strong Czech team 5-1 and then moved into contention for a medal. In women's figure skating, buxom Beatrix Schuba of Austria built up such a commanding lead in the school figures, the technical half of the event, that her competent but dull performance in freestyle skating did not deter her from winning the gold medal on total points. The freest...
...Anne Henning, 16, and three other members of the U.S.'s 16-mem-ber speed-skating team. Dianne turned U.S. fortunes around in short order. The smoothly striding brunette put on a strong closing drive in the 1.500-meter race to win the U.S.'s first gold medal with a new Olympic record time of 2:20.85. Then it was Anne's turn. Matched with Canada's Sylvia Burka in the 500 meters, she lost at least a full second when her opponent cut her off while crossing lanes, but finished in 43.73, fast enough...
...time in the first of the two heats. Refusing to look at her competitors lest their difficulties make her "too cautious," she again went all out to register a total time that was just .02 sec. better than Runner-Up Danielle Debernard of France. It was the first gold medal won by any American in Alpine skiing in 20 years...
...Says she: "There are lots of boys in the training group too, you know." Dianne Holum, a fiercely dedicated competitor who worked as a waitress last year to help finance a three-month training stint in The Netherlands, adds: "I don't mind the sacrifices. An Olympic gold medal is a life's ambition come true." Even so, the demands are such that many young skaters have to drop out of school and study with a tutor. To pay the $1,000 to $2,000 a year that it takes for the care and feeding of a skater...